Cigar-banding machine



1,616,539 1927' F. x. MALOCSAY CIGAR BANDING MACHINE Filed July 26, 1923M n/ INVENTOR 5 ATTORNEY J Patented Feb. 8, 1927.

a, STATE ear rmcrs x MA LOCSAY, or UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NEW JERSEY,ASSIGNOR TO INTER- NATIONAL BANDING menmn COMPANY, A conronarron or mewYams.-

, GIGAR-BANDING MACHINE.

' Application filed July 26,

This invention relates to cigar banding machines, and is an improvementon the machine shown in my copending application, Serial No. 483,464,filed July 9, 1921. In

the machine of said application, there is provided a reciprocatorycarriage over which is adapted to be fed a gum tape, moistened at asuitable oint in its passage around said carriage. aid carriage and tapeare operated toward a band stack which is moved upwardly into engagementwith the gum tape. Said gum tape carries therewith the outermost -bandwhich adheres thereto and positions said band in the path of the bandwrapping l5 fingers. During the movement of the carriage in onedirection, the gum tape which is looped around the carriage is adaptedto be gripped at one point so that the other loop must move forwardly tounwind from .20 a supply roll. On the return movement,

the upper branch of the loop is released so that both branches of theloop move back simultaneously. In this manner the upper branch gainscontinuousl at each reciprocation of the carriage. As ereinbeforestated,

the tape'is adapted to be moistened at a certain point in its passagearound the carriage and at a certain distance in advance of the bandstack. It has been found that the por- 3 tion of the tape in effectiveposition to engage the band stack was frequently either too moist or toodry, depending upon the condition of the atmosphere. Thus, in wetweather, the portion of the tape in effective position was found to betoo moist and the gum inclined to run, while in dry weather the gum-wasfound to be of too great a consistency, resulting in poor application ofthe gum to the cigar band and hence liability of said bands to unwrapfrom the cigar.

It is one of the objects of my present invention to overcome andeliminate the objections hereinbefore mentioned. Therefore, I provide anadjustment on the said tape feed ing means whereby the tape may bedelivered to effective position to engage the bandstack with the gumthereon always of the same desired consistei'icy, regardless of themoisture cmitained in the atmosphere. For this pur+ posev I providemeans for increasing or decreasing the rate of movement of said tape,that is, for increasing or decreasing the amount that said tape advancesat each step corresponding to each reciprocation of the carriage. Sothat, in wet weather, a slower 1923. Serial No. 653,830. r j I feedingof the tape may be obtained, while i Other objects and advantages willappear as the nature of the improvements is better understood, theinvention consisting substantially in. the novel arrangement andcorrelation of instrumentalities herein fully described and illustratedin the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference charactersare/used to describe the corresponding parts throughout the severalviews, and then finally pointed outand specifically defined andindicated in the appended claims.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventiveconcept Suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention isnot to be restricted to' the exact details of this disclosure, and thelatter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather thana restrictive, standpoint.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving .a variety ofmechanical expressions, one of which, for the purposes ofillustration,is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig.1 is a verticalsidescc'tion through a portion of a cigar banding machine, all parts ofsaid machine except those coopcrating directly with my invention havingbeen omitted, and my invention being shown applied thereto.

the gripping finger and actuatingmember therefor, taken on the line 2-2of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but with the parts'in a differentoperative position.

k referring to the drawings, there is shown a carriage 10 adapted tobevreciprocated in a forwardly and rearwardly direction (here shown asleft and right) by mechanism not shown but. fully described in my'saidcopending application. Over said carriage is adapted to operate a gumtape' 12, said tape issuing from a. fixed guide 15 passing over a guideroller 16 and a, moistening roller,17,

1 1g. 2'is a partial, vertical section through whichoperates in areservoir 18. The tape -is' pressed against said roller by .a pressureroller 20, and then passes around the nose 21 of said carriage, which isprovided with a flat portion- 22, adapted to engage the band stack 23.The tape then passes around the carriage to the upper side thereof andreturns over said fixed guide. The lower branch 25' of the ta e isadapted to unwind from a supply roll not shown) back of the fixed guide.In Fig. 1 the carriage is shown in its forward effective position overthe hand stack; which at the same time is moved 3 With each upwardlyinto engagement with the portion of the tape beneath the fiat nose 22,so that,

when the" carriage is reciprocated to the right, it

is desired to feed a fresh portion of-the tape toeffectivepositionfbeneath the flat nose 22. This is accomplished bymeans of a gripping finger 30, normally spring-pressed downwardly intoengagement. with the upper branch 260i the tape by means of a; v y whichis adapted toe spring 31 engaging a fixed bracket 32 and said finger.Said finger is adapted to be lowered to clamp the tape againstv thefixed guide just before the carriage begins its movement towardeffective position (in this case to the left), so that'as the carriagead'- vances, it is necessary for the bottom branch 25 of the tape togive,' since the upper branch is held fixed. By thetime the carriage'hassubstantially the same amountlh'aving been reached effectivepositionoverv the band stack, therefore, the bottom branch '25 has been advancedaround the nose 21',:the u per branch 26 thus gaining a piece of tape,

unwound from the supply roll. on the re turn movement of thecarriage,'the finger: 30

, is adapted to be lifted'out of gripping en- 'gagement with the tape,so that "both spring branches of the tape draw back by gravity. Theupper branch '26 has therefore gained a certain amount of tape, and acertain amount of new tape has been added to the lower branch from thesupply roll, -As hereinbefore stated, the gripping finger 30 is adaptedto grip the upper branch 26 ofthe tape iagainst the fixed guide by meansof the 31. To render the finger ineffective, there is provided a stem 35engaging at one end in a socket 36 fixed to the finger and at theoth'erend one arm of a bell crank 37, the other arm of which is inengagementrwith a cam 38. When the, carriage is about to move toeffective position, the cam 38 permits rod 35 to drop and hence permitsspring 31 to move gripping finger '30. into engagement with the tape,but on the return movement of the carriage, the cam raises the rod 35 tolift the finger 30 out of engagement with saidtape. v I

As fully set forth 1n the introduction. to

reciprocation of the carriage, it

to effective-position beneath nose 22. For.

this purpose I vary the amount of movement.

of said tape at each reciprocationof the carriage by varying the lengthof time that the gripping finger 30 clamps the upper branch 4 26 of thetapeto the fixed. part of the ma-. chine. It obvious that if the rod,35cngages the s cket 36 to lift theflfingerv30 when the carriage hasmoved'only half way toward effective position, only half as much tapewill be fed around the nose of the carwage as when said finger 30 ispermitted to clamp the upper branch of the tape throughout the entiremovement of the carriage to eflectlvepositlon, fortit will be understoodthat once the gripping finger 30 is raised,

both branches of the tape are carried together without any movementaround the noseof'the carriage. To permit varying the point at whichsaid finger is raised to; release the upper branch oft-he ta ,e, Iprovidesaid hollow socket36' -on 'said nger, into which is threaded amat" ly at the same time that the carriage moves toward effectiveposition. The length of time that the gripping finger will engage theupper branch 26 of the tape is, therefore. directly proportional to theamount of lost motion between the upper end of rod 35 and the lower endof nut 40. Obviously, then, if

thisamount of lost motion is varied, the length of time that said upperbranch of the loop is clamped against movement will be correspondinglyvaried. The nut 40 may be threaded upwardly or downwardly to increase ordecrease respectively the length of time that-said gripping fingerclamps the tape. -The lower end. of bolt 40 may be provided with asocket 41 in which the upper I end of rod 35 may seat, while said rod'israismgthe finger, as shown in F1g.'=2. Smce the socket 36 is tiltedin'its ineffective position relative-to rod 35, which is always.substantially vertical, the lower end of the sock-- ct is providedinternally with a flaring portion 42 to permit the upper end of,1-od 35to play freely in said socket,

In accordance with the provisions of the with the lower end ofngage theupper end ofpatent statutes, Ihave described the principle ofmyinvention together with the apparatus which I now consldcr torepresent a practical embodiment thereof, butI desire it understood thatin invention is not confined to the particu ar form of apparatus hereinshown and described, thesame being merely illustrative, and ,that theinvention can be carried out in other ways without departing from thespirit of my invention, and, therefore, I claim broadly the ri ht toemplo all equivalent instrumentalitles comin wit in the scope of theappended claims,,an by means of wh ch the o jects of my invention areattained, and the new results accomplished, as herein set forth, as itis obvious that the particular embodiments herein shown and describedare only some of many that can be employed to attain these objects andaccomplish these results.-

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetter Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, a tape, a carriage for saidtape adapted to be reciprocated between effective and ineffectiveositions, means whereby the movement of said carriage feeds said tape,and means for varying the rate of feed.

2. In a device of the character described, a tape, a carriage for saidtape adapted to be reciprocated between effective and ineffectivepositions, means whereby the movement of said carriage toward effectiveposition feeds said tape, and means for varying the rate of feed.

3. In a device of the character described,

" a carria 'e adapted to be reciprocated between eiIective andinefi'ective positions, a ta e looped around said carriage, means aapted to engage one branch of the loop during movement of said carriageso that the tape is fed around said carriage from the forvarying theperiod of engagement of.

said first means with said tape.

5. In a device of the character described, a carriage adapted to bereciprocated between effective and inefiective positions, a tape loopedaround said carriage, means adapted to engage one branch of the loopduring movement of said carriage so that the tape is fed around saidcarriage from the other branch, means for rendering said first namedmeans ineffective, and means for varying the time at Whichsaid lastnamed means actuates said first named means.

6. In a-device of the character described, a carriage adapted to bereciprocated between eflective and ineffective positions, a tape loopedaround said carriage, means adapted to engage one branch of the loopduring movement of said carriage so that the tape branch, mcans'normallyrendering said first named means effective, means for rendering saidfirst named means ineffective, and means for varying the time at whichsaid last named means actuates said first named means.

Y 7. In a device of the character described, a carria e adapted to bereciprocated between e ective and ineffective positions, a ta e loopedaround said carriage, means a apted to engage one branch of the loopduring movement of said carriage so that the tape is fed around saidcarriage from the other branch, means for rendering said' first namedmeans ineffective, and means for varying the time at which said lastnamed means actuates said first named means, said last namedmeansincluding a lost motion connection.

8. In a device of the character described, a carriage adapted to bereciprocated between efi'ective and ineffective positions, a tape loopedaround said carriage, means adapted to engage one branch of the loopduring movement of said carriage so that the tape is fed around saidcarriage from the other branch, means for rendering said first namedmeans ineffective, means for varying the time at which said last namedmeans actuates said first named means, said last named means including alost motion connection, and means for varying the degree of lost motion.

9. In a device of the character described, a carriage adapted to bereciprocated between efiective and ineffective positions, a d

tape looped around said carriage, means adapted to engage one branch ofthe loop during movement of said carriage so that the tape is fed aroundsaid carriage from the other branch, and means for rendering said firstnamed means ineffective at a predetermined time during the movement ofsaid carriage.

10. In a device of the character described, a carriage adapted to bereciprocated between efiective and ineffective positions, a

tape looped around said carriage, a gripping member adapted to engageone branch of the loop during movement of said carriage toward efiectiveposition sothat the tape is fed around said carriage from .the ot erbranch, and means for rendering said gripping member inefiective at apredetermined time during the movement of said carriage.

11. In a device of the character described, a; carriage adapted to bereciprocated between eifective and ineffective positions, a tape loopedaround said carriage, a gripping member adapted to engage one branch ofthe loop during movement of said carriage toward eifective position sothat the tape is fed around said carriage from the other branch, meansfor rendering said gripping member ineffective at a predetermined timeduring the movement of said carriage, said means comprising an actuatingmember, and an adjustable lost motion connection between said grippingmember and said member.

12. In a device of the character described, a carriage adapted to bereciprocated between effective and ineffective positions, a tape loopedaround said carriage, a gripping member adapted to engage one branch ofthe loop during movement of said carriage toward effective position sothat the tape is fed around said carriage from the other branch, meansfor rendering said gripping member ineffective at a predetermined timeduring the movement of said carriage, said means comprising an actuatingmember, a lost motion connection between said gripping member and saidmember, and means for adjusting the degree of lost motion.

13. In a device of the character described, a carriage adapted to bereciprocated between effective and ineffective positions, a tape loopedaround said carriage, a gripping finger adapted to engage one branch ofthe loop during movement of said carriage toward effective position sothat the tape is fed around said carriage from theother branch, meansfor rendering said finger ineffective at a predetermined time during themovement of said carria e, said means comprisin a socket carried y saidfinger, an actuating member engageable in said socket, and an ad'ustablelost-motion connection between sai member and said socket.

14. In a device of the character described, a, carriage adapted tobereciprocated between effective and ineffective positions, a tapelooped around said carriage, a gripping finger adapted to engage onebranch of the loop during movement of said carriage toward effectiveposition so that the tape is fed around said carriage from the otherbranch, means for rendering. said finger ineffective at a. predeterminedtime during the movement of said carriage, said means comprising asocket carried by said finger, a bolt threaded in said socket, anactuating member engageable with said bolt, and means for adjusting theposition of said bolt relative to said means.

This specification signed this 24th day of July, 1923.

FRANCIS X. MALOCSAY.

